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The USAF keeps pushing forward the race towards cleaner skies-and leaner warmachine and potential global mayhem costs-moving from pure oil-derived fuel to a mixture between oil and synthetic fuel. The new benchmark is not a B1 bomber, which they already put through its paces using a similar mix, but a fighter jet: They broke the…
Nearly two months ago we teased you with a mocking mock-up of LG’s upcoming KC910 cellphone, but now over at Phone Arena there’s a real image, and official specs. The KC910 is a successor to the Viewty and it’s no image-slouch: there’s an 8-megapixel cam in that shiny body with a xenon flash, Schneider-Kreuznach lens,…
There’s something about the simplicity of a skateboard that keeps designers coming back to revisit it… but the SoulArc board certainly seems a worthy reinvention. It’s designed to make skateboarding feel more like surfing, with a huge leaf-spring mounted between its long deck and the wheels: And it’s less unwieldy-looking than this previous effort. As…
All those confusing-display watches from Tokyo flash have nothing on the impeccable eco-credentials of Quiksilver’s upcoming watch. The Ray is analog with a 27-jewel movement, though its display is unusual and looks like it’d take a while to get used to… but it’s shipped in eco-friendly packaging by ship rather than by air (saving on…
The updated PSP 3000 didn’t seem all that jaw-dropping, save for talk of its dramatically improved screen: But now pics of the screen in action have surfaced, and boy oh boy, it’s dramatically improved alright. Check out that contrast in the pic, comparing it to the PSP Lite: Game playing in brightly-lit situations looks like…
This upcoming mini-PC from Cellrun is something a bit like the old iLamp-style iMac, a bit notebooky, a bit low-cost desktop Eee PC… but actually not like any of them too much: It seems to be it’s own low-power, neat design desktop genre. It’s got an 18.4-inch widescreen LCD, has built-in stereo speakers and microphone…
It looks like data on the upcoming Canon EOS 50D DSLR has been leaked onto the web, by Canon itself. Details appeared briefly on Canon’s China site, although the link now is disabled, and gave an insight into what specs the beast will have. They’re pretty decent: it’s a 15.1-megapixel camera (with standard 1.6x CMOS…
The iPhone’s button-free input scheme isn’t so great for fast-action shooters or action-adventure or any type of game with the phrase “action” in it, but it is great for RPGs and point-and-clicks. What better point-and-click to port over to the iPhone than Myst, which is one of the ones that came out during the height…
The $500 Xross Fade DJ system is Sony’s hard-to-pronounce dual iPod dock kit for mixing songs. It may have some rad-looking bass reflex speakers and dual subwoofers, but it’s unfortunately gimped as far as DJ features go—you can cue and crossfade between songs, a technology straight outta 2005 and something you could do on a…
Sony’s S-Airplay Wireless iPod Dock is basically a cheaper, less functional version of the Sonos home audio system. You plug your iPod into the central base station, plug in up to 10 wireless speakers into power outlets through the house and just like that, you have multi-room audio. The S-Airplay has a transmitting range of…
A spokesman for Orange in Poland unabashedly proclaimed that they “have these fake queues at front of 20 stores around the country to drum up interest in the iPhone.” An interesting technique to be sure, we’re just wondering if these actors will give up their places when it comes time to actually buy the phone,…
This year’s Intel Developer Forum is all about different form-factors, with walls of nearly identical MIDs, way too many netbooks and this strange creature, the Intel UrbanMax concept. The prototype is running a Core 2 Duo (at least for now) crammed into a thin, quasi-tablet case, with an 11 inch N-trig DuoSense capacative multitouch screen…
I’m not sure who is getting the Magic Treehouse Bedroom that is currently being constructed by the craftsman at Kidtropolis, but I’m jealous. When I was a kid, I didn’t have any fancy indoor treehouse to sleep in-just a cot and some newspaper. Still, I am not too bitter to recognize the artistry that goes…
Sort of like the hacked Wii Balance Board that’ll surf Google Earth, but a little more down to earth, this mod will let you act like you’re strolling through town with Google Street View. You walk to move forward or lean on one foot to turn—it actually seems to work pretty well. With a giant…
We can’t believe it, but Fusion CA-1P500 is apparently the first head unit that allows you to dock and hide your iPod directly inside the face. The thing costs £149.99 ($278), which isn’t too bad for a head unit that has an OLED menu, a knob that corresponds to the iPod’s scroll wheel, and SRS…
G4 says they’ve got a scoop on a Guitar Hero: World Tour peripheral that hasn’t been announced yet, one that’s just for the game’s studio mode to help you make music. It’s not for the game mode at all, apparently. We’re kind of thinkin’ accordion, but G4 guesses it’ll be a keyboard. Another option is…
Slotting an Atom into a home phone just sounds plain ridiculous, but the Home Media Phone is more than just a VoIP handset and base station. The base station (which doubles as a speaker phone) has its own software platform, developed in flash and furnished with a full API, and serves many purposes of a…
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Barack Obama is set to notify his subscribed fans supporters via text message when he selects a vice-presidential candidate. Verizon’s website lets you send a free text message to anyone on their network, so use Obama’s short code (62262) and announce the running mate of your choice. The picture above, unfortunately for followers of His…
Admit it, you like those inexpensive restaurants where they use paper tablecloths and servers write their names upside down with crayons. Why? Because you love to doodle (and you love crayons). If only you could combine your passion for food and drink with your passion for doodling in one simple device. Enter the Writing Spoon…
